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Pole Roma. This is the Roma type bean seen all over Italy in markets. Beans will grow to 10 inches and remain tender. You can begin picking them at 5-6 inches. Very meaty. Makes a wonderful bean salad. Like all pole beans, keep picking to encourage continued production. 65 days or so to harvest. A vigorous climber, it will need support: use trellis, tripods or single poles at least 7 feet tall. Pole beans are much more productive in a tight garden space over a longer period, than bush beans. Plant after soil has warmed up well, since seeds are not treated. Plant 3-4 seeds around base of each pole or 2 seeds every six inches for trellis. Thin to one/six inches for trellis, 2 plants for poles. 30 grams. Approximately 40 seeds.

Reviews (9)

The Most Delicious Beans I have ever tasted!

These beans are incredibly delicious! They are very long and very hearty, yet tender! Highly recommend planting these in your garden if you love green beans!

PhxGreenthumb2nd May 2017

Wonderful bean variety!

Planted in February (Phoenix, AZ) harvesting wonderful beans now the end of April, first of May! Good producer which is hard for most varieties of beans in our climate! Grew to about 6 feet tall on trellis. Highly recommend.

Anthony Caprara5th Jan 2017

The best bean overall.

Parents from Italy grew these since 1950's, and now I've grown these since 1977. The best overall Roma bean.

Anthony Caprara5th Jan 2017

Growing these every year since 1985.

These grow fast and produce abundantly. Freeze and dry great every winter while eating them all summer.

Laurie4th Oct 2014

Tender and delicious

Growing this bean up in Kula on Maui. They are very sweet and tender. Better than any other bean I have tried.

Mike26th Apr 2014

great producer

I have grown this variety for 3 seasons in Massachusetts. It always is a big producer. The variety resists rust well. The beans can get huge but I find them better under 10 inches. For something different stew them with some tomatoes, onions, and garlic.

Alice Kaiser25th Apr 2014

really good Italian bean

I prefer the big, wide Italian type bean, with good beany flavor and a slightly soft texture when cooked. Likes the hot weather I get in summer, with vigorous vines--very impressive growing on teepees midsummer.

Carolyn in Denver17th Mar 2012

Italy's finest green bean!

A very heavy producer of a large flat green bean with the sweetest green bean flavor I have tasted! My first seed packets of this green bean came from an Italian market in Tuscany. I mailed many varieties of beans to plant and compare. Fagiolo Rampicante Supermarconi (S.B.) won 1st Place in my kitchen. Now I can usually find this variety somewhere and when I can't, I make enough of a pest of myself to get some found for me. I only buy the climbing variety! I have made a lot of Fagiolo Rampicante Supermarconi (S.B.) converts in the community garden where my plot usually has 4 or five teepees every summer. Freezes well. Produces enough to share and make converts.

Claudia White10th Sep 2011

Pick them when they are smaller

Despite the suggestion they are still crisp with no strings even when grown to 10", I would not suggest letting them get that large. I parboiled the larger ones which may have contributed to a thin outer layer of skin peeling off. They did have an occasional string and overall taste was a bit too starchy.